‘She Couldn’t Do This for Marcellus Williams?’: Fans Rip Kim Kardashian to Shreds for Demanding Release of the Menendez Brothers But ‘Sitting Quiet’ During Execution of ‘Innocent’ Man

Kim Kardashian is keeping up with her criminal justice reform advocacy work. In a personal essay published on Oct. 3 by NBC News, she used her leverage as a celebrity and aspiring lawyer to declare her support for the justice system to consider vacating the life sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez.The high-profile case of the brothers who killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989 has garnered renewed media attention as new evidence has surfaced in the case. Prosecutors announced that the findings are being reviewed by District Attorney George Gascón and that it may corroborate the siblings’ claims that their heinous crimes were the result of them being subjected to sexual abuse from their father. The men stood trial in 1993, but a deadlocked jury was unable to reach verdicts, resulting in a mistrial. A second trial began in 1995 as they faced first-degree murder charges for their parents’ deaths.In March 1996 they were convicted, weeks later the two were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors say their actions were motivated by money, noting that the brothers were after their parents’ multimillion-dollar estate. Erik and Lyle have long argued they killed in...